Problems in Structural Identification and Diagnostics: General Aspects and Applications

This collection of papers illustrates the work done within a research project on structural identification and diagnostics. The papers deal with problems taken from civil engineering applications and cover various topics in this field, including crack detection in beams and rods, useful in damage detection.

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Identification of Elastic Constants by Bayesian Approach; Problems Concerning the Elastic Constants Determination of Isotropic and Orthotropic Plates; Effects of Damage on the Response of Euler-Bernoulli Beams Traversed by a Moving Mass; Dynamic Behaviour and Modelling of RC Beams Retrofitted with CFRP Sheets; Identification of Modal Parameters with Unknown Input; Assessment of Historical Buildings via Ambient Vibration Measurements: Experiences on Bell-Towers; On Damage Identification in Vibrating Beams from Changes in Node Positions; Damage Identification of Beams Using Static Test Data; A Novel Approach for the Identification of Material Elastic Constants; Computational Aspects and Numerical Simulations in the Elastic Constants Identification; On the Tree-Dimensional Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plates; The Crack Detection Problem in Vibrating Beams; Formulation and Identification Problems for Cracked Orthotropic Plates; Interaction of BEM Analysis and Experimental Design on Pile-Soil Systems; A Device for Static and/or Dynamic Identification Tests on Foundation Piles